This year was set to be Broome Speedway’s biggest year, celebrating 50 years of establishment and boasting a packed calendar of thrilling races, including a WA first.
Carly Laden
The Kimberley is on track to be reunited with the rest of WA by the weekend after the McGowan Government formally requested the Commonwealth remove restrictions on access to the biosecurity zone.
Josh Zimmerman
A 12-year-old boy is facing manslaughter charges after an investigation into the tragic death of 11-year-old Abbey Forrest in a ute rollover in Wyndham last year.
Phil Hickey
An award-winning Halls Creek author has gained further recognition with a writing fellowship to develop a series celebrating indigenous children and community spirit in the Kimberley.
Elise Van Aken
It is a well-documented fact that innovation and progress often come out of hardship, writes Save the Children Kimberley regional manager Callan Hatchman.
Callan Hatchman
While panic buying has slowed, making cleaning and hygiene products easier to be found on local supermarket shelves, hand sanitiser remains expensive in a region with an already high cost of living.
Revive site leader Paige McLachlan talks how East Kimberley residents can reduce waste items that end up in our bins.
Paige McLachlan
The coach of last year’s EKFL premiers has blasted the organisation’s plans to go ahead with a 2020 season, saying a rushed season would add to the problems already plaguing the league.
A major retailer servicing the East Kimberley will close by mid-next year, leaving a significant gap in a region already starved for variety.
Elise Van Aken, Meilin Chew and Sean Smith
An East Kimberley crooner and her performance partner will join San Cisco and five other West Australian acts for a “socially distant” festival celebrating our State.
Kununurra veterinary nurse Tegan Phillips gives her advice on the most common problem for Kimberley dogs.
Tegan Phillips
Grassroots footy could return by July, with the East Kimberley Football League not ruling out holding a region-wide season this year.
The only dance school in the East Kimberley has announced 2020 will be its last year.
A Kununurra woman has pushed her body to its limits and taken a viral challenge to another level to raise funds for mental health services.
When it comes to email scams many of us think of unsolicited and badly spelt money requests, but they are now so sophisticated they’re almost impossible to tell apart from the real thing.
Tom Chapman
A Kununurra man has blasted rangers for taking his dog from his front yard without warning, but the Shire has bit back saying it was within its rights to do so.
An East Kimberley wildlife sanctuary is struggling to support its injured and orphaned native wildlife during the COVID-19 crisis.
The trial would have seen sales capped at one carton of full-strength beer and three bottles of wine per person each day to reduce antisocial behaviour in the West Kimberley.
Jakeb Waddell
Projects underway and in the pipeline for the North West town include the next phase of the Chinatown Revitalisation and Town Beach redevelopment, airport upgrades and $110m floating jetty.
Things got wet during the dry last night when 93mm of rain was dumped on the town.
Nigel John Bin Kali, 35, was sentenced to three years and four months in prison after pleading guilty to the aggravated armed robbery which occurred last October.
The Broome Chamber of Commerce and Industry says it’s time to gear up for visitors after the State Government revealed it has taken the first step to allowing travel to the Kimberley to resume.
Premier Mark McGowan is poised to deliver an announcement within days that will allow travel to key tourism spots like Esperance, Karratha, Exmouth and Geraldton before the June holiday.
Joe Spagnolo
You can now recycle your oral-care products at Revive through its two Terracycle programs!
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